When Aliyah Griffith told her parents that she wanted to be a marine scientist at 5 years old, they thought it was just a phase. Like any other toddler, one obsession quickly followed the next. First, she wanted to be a ballerina and then a doctor, but after Griffith saw a marine biologist training dolphins…
OPINION: A case in Texas provides a preview of what ending access to abortions could look like. We should brace ourselves for more trauma and harm as the court is primed to effectively gut Roe v. Wade. Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio….
After a meeting with the US Secy. of State and Defense, the embattled country will receive more help in its defense against Russia Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Monday after a secrecy-shrouded visit to Kyiv that Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy is committed to winning his country’s fight against Russia…
The unidentified Creative Arts Charter School teacher was out of her classroom for five weeks after the controversial lesson; parents are divided. An eighth-grade teacher at San Francisco’s Creative Arts Charter School brought cotton plants in to show her class the sharp edges of the shrubs while teaching about slavery in the U.S., as well…
Fans had jokes after music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs announced that he is hosting the 2022 Billboard Music Awards on May 15 in Las Vegas. Diddy shared the announcement with a video posted to Instagram on April 21. Diddy is also executive producing the awards show. Diddy captioned the post, “BIG ANNOUNCEMENT, BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!!! I…
The WHCA will present the “Dunnigan-Payne Prize” to the families of Dunnigan and Payne at this year’s White House Correspondents Dinner. The White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) announced on Monday the creation of a lifetime achievement award in honor of two pioneering Black women journalists. The “Dunnigan-Payne Prize” will be presented to the families of…
One of the leaders of the descendants of Jamaica’s Afro-Indigenous people has apologized for helping enforce slavery centuries ago on the Caribbean island. The Maroons were Jamaica’s first enslaved Africans who fought and freed themselves from captivity. They agreed to a treaty in 1739, to maintain their freedom and land granted by the British under…
Source: simonkr / Getty Anumber of white students were recently suspended from a Texas high school after they recorded themselves engaging in what appeared to be some kind of n-word chant-along activity. It’s as if they belonged to some kind of Klan Jr. club and they were competing to see who could best disprove the…
William McDonald allegedly targeted eight Black residents and a Puerto Rican neighbor at his apartment complex. A Milwaukee County, Wisconsin man has been hit with a federal hate crime charge after allegedly targeting his eight Black neighbors and a Puerto Rican occupant at the apartment complex where they all reside. CNN is reporting that William…
Garcelle Beauvais is certain the chemistry between her and Jamie Foxx is best kept in the friend zone. For five seasons, fans of “The Jamie Foxx Show” were smitten by the cat-and-mouse chase between Fancy and Jamie, Beauvais and Foxx’s respective characters on the show. In real life, the two actors were equally aware of…
